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NICOLL, JOHN, son of Rev. John Nicoll, Preston Capes, Northants, schoolmaster, and Mary, eldest dau. of Richard Butler, Preston Capes; b. 6 Nov 1683; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1704 – void 1722 (expiry year of grace as R. Hannington from 1721), Tutor 1713; BA 1708; MA 15 Mar 1710/1; DD 1733; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1711; succeded George Tollet (qv) as Under Master 1714, but patent not sealed until 20 Mar 1714/5; Head Master, Westminster School May 1733 (patent sealed 5 Feb 1733/4) – res Feb 1753; Rector of Hannington, Hampshire 1721-8; Rector of Meon Stoke with Soberton, Hampshire 31 Aug 1728 – Mar 1755; Prebendary of Westminster from 6 Oct 1740; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 30 Dec 1751; Proctor in Convocation, for Chapter of Westminster Abbey (Chamberlayne 1748); Busby Trustee 24 Feb 1729/30; m. 2 Jan 1723/4 Alice, widow of John Lewis, London, and mother of William Lewis (adm. 1722, qv); d. 19 Sep 1765. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

WILLIAMSON, RICHARD, second son of Edmond Williamson (adm. 1773, qv); b. 25 Nov 1802; adm. 7 Jun 1814; left 1819; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1820, scholar 1823; 9th Wrangler and 5th Classic 1825; Second Chancellor’s Classical medal 1825; 1st Members Prize (Bachelors) 1827; BA 1825; MA 1828; DD 1835; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1827; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829 (both Ely); Head Master of the School 22 Sep 1828 – Aug 1846; Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., 1844-50; Vicar of Pershore, Worcs., from 1850; Hon. Canon, Worcester 1851; m. 4 Jan 1833 Anne, sister of John Edward Gray (qv); d. 11 Sep 1865.

WINGFIELD, JOHN, brother of William Wingfield (qv); b.; adm. 5 Feb 1770; KS (aged 13) 1773; Capt. of the School 1777; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1778, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1778, scholar 23 Apr 1779, matr. 1780; BA 1782; MA 1785; BD 1794; DD 1799; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1783, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1785; an Usher at the School 1781-8, Under Master 1788-1802, Head Master 13 Sep – Dec 1802; ordained; Prebendary of Worcester from 27 Jan 1803; Perpetual Curate of Putney, Surrey Jan – Dec 1804; Vicar of Kempsey, Worcs., 27 Nov 1804-15; Rector of Easton, Hampshire 29 Nov 1804; Prebendary of York from 27 Sep 1812; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 14 Sep 1815; Vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcs., from 27 Oct 1815; m. 8 Sep 1803 Mary, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas James DD, Head Master, Rugby Sch.; d. 9 Dec 1825.

Second son of John Nowell, Read Hall, Whalley, Lancs., and his second wife Elizabeth Kay, Rochdale, Lancs. ; b. ; ed. Middleton, Lancs., and Brasenose Coll.Oxford ; BA 1536 ; MA 1540 ; DD 1595 ; Fellow, Brasenose Coll. 1536-8 ; Head Master, Westminster School Mar 1540/1-55 ; ordained ; Prebendary of Westminster 5 Dec 1551- c.May 1554, when deprived as being a married man ; MP West Looe Sep 1553, but in Oct 1553 was declared unable to sit, as being “a Prebendary of Westminster and thereby having a voice in Convocation House” ; fled to European Continent 1555 ; studied at Strasbourg and subsequently settled with other English Protestant exiles at Frankfurt am Main, Germany ; did not return to England until after death of Queen Mary ; preached consecration sermon for Right Rev.Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, in Dec 1559, and was appointed his chaplain ; Archdeacon of Middlesex 1 Jan 1559/60 – Nov 1560 ; Rector of Saltwood with Hythe, Kent 3 Feb 1559/60, but resigned shortly afterwards ; Prebendary of Canterbury 14 Feb 1559/60 – res by May 1564 ; Prebendary of Westminster 21 Jun 1560 – res by Jul 1564 ; Dean of St.Paul’s from 17 Nov 1560, also Prebendary of St.Paul’s from 3 Dec 1560 ; Rector of Much Hadham, Herts., 18 Dec 1562-89 ; sat on ecclesiastical commissions 1573, 1576, 1590 ; Canon of Windsor from 25 Apr 1594 ; Principal, Brasenose Coll. 6 Sep – 14 Dec 1595 ; a keen angler ; author of three catechisms ; m.1st, Joan, widow of Thomas Bowyer, citizen and grocer of London, and dau. of Robert Merry, Hatfield, Herts. ; m.2nd, Elizabeth, widow of Lawrence Ball, and of Thomas Blount, Customer of London, and dau. of William Haste, Norwich ; d. 13 Feb 1601/2, aged 93. ODNB.

eldest son of Rev.Henry George Liddell (qv), Rector of Easington, co.Durham, and Charlotte, fourth dau. of Hon.Thomas Lyon, Hetton House, co.Durham ; b. 6 Feb 1811 ; ed. Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 May 1829, Canoneer Student Dec 1830-46, Tutor 1835, Censor 1845 ; BA and 1st cl.honours 1833 ; MA 1835 ; BD and DD 1855 ; ordained deacon Dec 1836, priest 10 Jun 1838 (both Oxford) ; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1842-7, Whitehall Preacher 1845 ; Domestic Chaplain to Prince Albert Jan 1846-61 ; White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, Christ Church, Oxford 1845-6 ; Head Master of Westminster School Oct 1846 (having been nominated Williamson’s successor in May 1846) – Aug 1855 ; “a tall, handsome man, well set up, and with rather a scornful expression, a thorough gentleman in every way, with a certain grand manner, which made us proud to have him as our Headmaster” (Markham, Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster, 1903, 26) ; member, Oxford University Commission 1852 ; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford Aug 1855 – Dec 1891 ; Hon.Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria 1862 ; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1870-4 ; Trustee, British Museum 1881 ; hon.LLD Edinburgh 1884 ; hon.DCL Oxford 1893 ; joint author with Rev.Robert Scott DD, Master of Balliol Coll.Oxford, of Liddell and Scott’s Greek Lexicon, of which the first edition was published in 1843 (seven further editions in his lifetime) ; also author, A History of Ancient Rome, 1855 (subsequent abridged editions under a different title) ; see Henry George Liddell, a Memoir, 1899, by Henry Lewis Thompson (qv) ; m. 23 Jul 1846 Lorina Hannah, dau. of James Reeve, North End, Lowestoft, Suffolk ; d. 18 Jan 1898. ODNB.